Family pets killed in Jonesville fire

Tuesday

Feb 5, 2013 at 8:53 AMFeb 5, 2013 at 8:53 AM

By Matt Durr

matt.durr@hillsdale.netJONESVILLE — Firefighters from five departments were on scene in Jonesville Friday afternoon for a blaze that completely destroyed a home and killed the animals inside.Just before 4 p.m., Jonesville firefighters responded to a call for a structure fire at 8910 Borden Road in Jonesville. According to Fire Chief Dean Adair, the family who lived in the home called in the fire after returning home to find the trailer engulfed in flames.Adair said Hillsdale City, Hillsdale Rural, Litchfield and Allen fire departments assisted in fighting the fire, with crews staying on scene until roughly 11 p.m. Adair said that battling the various hot spots and poor weather conditions made it difficult at times to get the fire under control.The fire appears to have been caused by a wood burner inside of the home that caught the rest of the home on fire. Adair said that while no one was home at the time of the fire, a pot-bellied pig and the family’s dogs were killed in the blaze.